Trunk weather seal

[ct440rod]

Put on new trunk weather seal on 70 challenger from Metro yesterday and went to close trunk and it is about 3/4 inch from  latch and I'm afraid to push any harded on trunk lid. Has anybody ever had this problem ? ? Almost like the rubber is to hard. . Any ideas ? ?
thanks

[Topcat]

I know this same problem all too well.
I did a thread on it before.

The durometer and thickness are not correct.

You need to buy the trunk weatherstrip from SoftSeal.

http://www.soffseal.com/store/main.aspx?p=picturelistBody&c=DO

[burdar]

Common problem...not just on the E-bodies either.  This was suggested on another site and it worked for me.

Clamp pieces of wood around the trunk opening to compress the seal.  Leave it sit for a week or more.  With the seal compressed, my trunk finally closed.

[lulurocks]

I could  not get mine to close . So I bought this seal and it compresses /seals nice  and fits well,  it's not " correct " for your car if you have a show car , but it works. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DMT-MOPAR-64-65-66-67-68-69-70-71-72-Charger-Road-Runner-GTX-Trunk-Seal-Gasket-/361058194549?hash=item5410bed475

[Topcat]

For anyone else that wants to avoid future frustration:

Get the Soft Seal and be done with it.

Even CODY who restores cars professionally endorses the Softseal trunk weatherstrip.

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=77626.msg954197#msg954197